On 5/17/11 9:26 AM, August Abolins -> Jean Parrot wrote:

 AA> Jean Parrot -> August Abolins said..

 AA>>> I want to build wifi (w/WPA) support for it...

 JP>> When at my son's chalet, I install my own router, an "N", both
 JP>> my wormy user's machines can connect to it. The G4 will not
 JP>> honour WPA, WEP only but this is not a fault of the router,
 JP>> these obsolete machines are at fault.

 AA> Yes.. I recall your mystery with that. Was the G4 a desktop model? If
 AA> so, wouldn't it support a 3rd-party wifi card?

 AA> I tracked down a supplier of a usb wifi adapter that is guaranteed to
 AA> work with older G3's and up. The minimum requirement is OS X 10.4, I
 AA> think. So.. the goal is to get my meagre iMac G3 from OS 9.0 to 10.4 so
 AA> that I could then justify getting the adapter.

Another problem you may run into along the way is finding a copy of Tiger
(OS X 10.4) that will both work and doesn't cost you an arm and leg. 
You'll need to find a retail version of Tiger (black disk with a large X on
it) since any other copy is going to be machine specific.

Sellers on eBay and even Craig's list are asking $100 or more for the
retail version of Tiger.

Regards.

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